Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:28:

  • Kupsabiny: “And if they refuse to take that cup from your hand and drink, tell them, ‘The God of power is saying: Whether you want to or not, you shall surely drink that poison!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘But if they would not drink, tell them that I, the LORD Almighty, say: You (plur.) need to drink!” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If any of those to whom you give this wine refuse to drink it, tell them that the Commander of the armies of angels says that they must drink it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:29)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:29:

  • Kupsabiny: “See, I am going to start by destroying this city called after me. Do you really think that you can escape this poison? I will not let you go free because I am sending calamity to all the people who live in this land. It is I the God of power who has spoken.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] look! I am beginning now to send destruction to Jerusalem, the city that I chose in-order to honor me. Are- you (plur.) now -thinking that I will- not -punish you (plur.)? I will- surely -punish you (plur.)! For I will-cause-to-fight all the nations in the whole world. I, the LORD Almighty, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I am starting to cause the people of my own city to experience disaster. Do you think that you should not be punished ? No, you will surely be punished because I am causing there to be wars in all the nations on the earth. That will surely happen because I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:30)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:30:

  • Kupsabiny: “Go and announce to those people everything that I God am saying. You should tell these people,
    ’God will roar from heaven/up,
    and thunder from the top of the world,
    he shall roar to his people.
    He will roar like people who squeeze grapes,
    shouting to all the people who live in the world/land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Jeremias, tell them all that I said, and tell them: ‘The LORD will-roar from heaven; his voice will-thunder from his holy place-of-dwelling. He will-roar loudly against his people. He will-shout against all who live on the earth like a man who shouts while treading the grapes.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Now tell them all those things that I have said, and also say this to them:
    ‘Yahweh will shout to them from his holy dwelling in heaven
    and it will sound like the roar of a lion.
    He will shout like people shout when they are treading on grapes to make juice for wine;
    he will shout to everyone on the earth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:31:

  • Kupsabiny: “That shouting will roar in the whole world,
    because God is going to judge the nations.
    He shall bring all people to trial
    spearing sinners with a sword to kill them!’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “His voice will-be-heard in the whole world, for he will-accuse the nations. He will-sentence all the people, and kill the wicked-ones in war.’ I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Even people in very remote places around the earth will hear him shouting,
    because he will say why he will judge and punish all the nations.
    He will cause the wicked people to be slaughtered with swords.
    That will surely happen because Yahweh has said it.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:32)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:32:

  • Kupsabiny: “The God of power is saying,
    ‘Listen, people will be destroyed
    from one nation to another,
    and a whirlwind of war will come to
    every place in the whole world.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD Almighty continued to say: ‘[You (plur.)] beware! Destruction will-arrive to different nations like a strong/mighty storm from the farthest part of the world.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then tell them that this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says:
    ‘Listen to this!
    There will be disasters in one nation after another.
    I am preparing to punish them like a great storm
    that starts in the most distant places on the earth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:33)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:33:

  • Kupsabiny: “On that day the bodies of people that God will kill will lie sprawling in every part of the country. No one will mourn for those people or gather the bodies or bury (them). They will be heaped up like manure.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “In that day many will-be-killed by the LORD, in a way that the corpses will-scatter from (one-)ends and (other-)ends of the earth. No one really will-mourn or will-gather or will-bury them. They will-be-abandoned like dung on the grazing-field.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When that happens, the corpses of those whom I have caused to be slaughtered will fill the earth from the east to the west.
    And no one will mourn for them, and no one will gather their corpses to bury them. They will be scattered on the ground like manure.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:34)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:34:

  • Kupsabiny: “Weep you leaders who take care of my people
    wail and roll around in the dust mourning.
    The days when you will be slaughtered are coming
    and you will be crushed and broken into pieces like clay pots.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) leaders/[lit. heads], [you (plur.)] cry loudly and roll in-the dust to show that your (plur.)mourning. For the time has now come to kill you (plur.) like the slaughtering of sheep. You (plur.) will-be-destroyed like a special clay-pot that broke.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You evil leaders, weep and moan!
    You who should take care of my people, fall down and roll in the dust/dirt.
    It is time for you to be slaughtered;
    you will fall down and be shattered like a fragile vase shatters when it falls to the ground.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:35)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:35:

  • Kupsabiny: “The people who take care of/guard the others have nowhere to flee to
    or also there is no place where leaders can hide.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “There is no place at-all where you (plur.) can flee-to or run-to.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You will not find any place to hide,
    there will be no place to which you can escape.” (Source: Translation for Translators)